ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 453 



1755. PONTOPPIDAN Continued. 



Original of the | Right Rev d . Erich Pontoppidan, | Bishop of Bergen in Nor- 

 way, and Member of the Royal Academy | of Sciences of Copenhagen. | Illus- 

 trated with Copper Plates, and a General Map of Norway. | | [Vignette.] 

 | London: | Printed for A. Linde, Bookseller to Her Royall Highness the 

 Princess Dowager of Wales, in Catherine-Street in the Strand. | | MDCCLV. 

 ibl. Pt. i, pp. i-xxiv, 1-206; pt. ii, pp. i-viii, 1-292, 11. 6, map, pll. 18, mostly 

 unnumbered. 



Part ii, pp. 118-151, Cetacea, passim. 1. Hval-fisk, or Qua!, the Whale, pp. 118-123 = 

 Balcena mysticetus, principally, but in the account of this species several others are inci- 

 dentally mentioned; 2. Herring-Whale, pp. 120, 145, doubtless some kind of Finuer Whale; 

 3. Tuequal, or Bunch-back'd Whale, p. 123 = ? Megaptera longimana,- 4. Spring-bval, or 

 Springeren, p. I23 = Balcenoptera rostrata (cf. Fabricius, Faun. Groenl., p. 40); 5. Baloena, 

 rostraia, or Nebbe-hval, the Beaked Whale, p. 123 = Hyperoodon rostrata; 6. Doglingen, p. 

 124=? Globiocephalus melas , 7. Marsvin, or Porpesse, which is here called Nice, and also 

 Tumler, the Tumbler, p. 136 = Phoccena communis, at least in part; 8. Narhval, Unicornu 

 Marinum, the Unicorn Fish, p. 137, pi. marked "no. 4," but apparently no. 22 of the list at the 

 end of the volume = Monodon monoceros ; 9. Spek-hugger, or Yahu, pp. 122, 150, figured on 

 pi. "no. 5"(=no. 21 of the list at the end of the volume), described as "in shape much like a 

 Porpesse, and about four feet long," with a sharp snout and "very keen teeth," and "long 

 projecting jaws," and is said to prey upon the Whales, but the account as a whole cannot be 

 referred to any known species. It is impossible to say whether it be really a Cetacean. 



Plates described as "20, 21, 22, Of Fishes, page 103" in the directions to the binder on the 

 reverse of p. 291 of pt. ii, embrace, among numerous other figures not Cetacean, 1 . The Whale 

 = Physeter macrocephalus, 2. " The Goosebilled Whale, " a caricature of probably some species 

 of Hyperoodon, 3. A Whale with two speta buggers, apparently a Delphinoid, attacked by 

 two of the " Spek -buggers " described at p. 150. There is no reference to these figures in the 

 text, and the names of none of them exactly correspond with those of the species there 

 described. 4. The Narwhal an odd caricature copied from an earlier author. None of the 

 figures are in fact original. 



Pontoppidan's account of the Whale tribe is largely derived from preceding authors, the rest 

 being- based mainly on accounts received from fishermen. The author frankly states that he 

 never saw a Whale except once, and then only the back of one as it came to the surface of the 

 water to breathe. It is of interest chiefly as a record of the myths then prevalent respecting 

 these creatures. His notices of them are interspersed among those of the Viviparous Fishes. 

 One specific name still current (Balcena ROSTEATA) for a species of Hyperoodon dates from 

 Pontoppidan. [270.] 



1756. ''ANDERSON, J. Beschryving | van | Ysland, j Greenland | en de Straat Davis. 



| Bevattende zo wel ene bestipte bepaliug van de ligging en | grote van die 

 Eilandeu, als een volledige ontvouwing van hunue | inwendige gesteltenis, 

 vuurbrakende Bergen, heete en war- | me Bronnen enz. een omstandig Bericht 

 van de Vruchten | en Kruiden des Lands; van de wilde en tamrne Landdie- | 

 ren, Vogelen en Visschen, de Visvangst der Yslanders | en hunne onderscheide 

 behaudeling, toebereiding en | drogen der Visschen, voorts het getal der In- 

 woon- | ders, hunnen, Aart, Levenswyze en Bezigheden, | Woningen. | Kle- 

 dingen, Handteering, Arbeid, | Veehoedery, | Koophandel, Maten en Ge- | 

 wichten, Huwelyks Plechtigheden, Opvoe- | ding hunner Kiuderen, Gods- 

 dienst, Ker- | ken en Kerkenbestuur, Burgerlyke Rege- | ring, Wetten, Straf- 

 oeifeningen en wat | wyders tot de Kennis van een Land | vereischt word. | 

 Door den Heer j Johan Anderson, | Doctor der Beide Rechten, en in Leven 

 eerste Burgerraeester | der vrye Keizerlyka Ryksstad Hamburg. | Verrykt met 

 Platen en een nieuwe naauwkeurige Landkaart der | ontdeKkinge, waar van 

 in dit Werk gesprokeu word. | Hit het Hoogduits vertaalt. | Door | J. D.'J. | 

 Waar by gevoegt zyn de Verbeteringen | Door den Heer Niels Horrebow, | 

 Opgemaakt in zyn tweejarig verblyf op Ysland. | [Designs.] | Te Amsterdam, 



| By Jan van Dalen, Boekverkoper op de Colveniersburgwal | by de Staal- 

 straat. 1756. 1 vol. sm. 4. Full-page vignette, title, both backed blank, 

 7 more unpaged 11. ('Voorbericht'), map, pp. 1-285+3 11. ('Bladwyzer'); with 

 5 pll. at pp. 34 (birds), 149 (birds), 172, 189, 216. To which is appended: Verbe- 

 teringen | Wegeus de | Beschryving | Van het Groot Eyland | Ysland, | Be- 

 schreven | Door den Heer | Johan Anderson. | Opgemaakt in een tweejarig 



